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With Eyes Open : Framing Teen Pregnancy in the Media

With Eyes Open : Framing Teen Pregnancy in the Media. Darragh Dandurand Friedman. A bit about me…. Temple University – Undergraduate Junior Fields of Study: Media Literacy / Theory Women’s Studies: Feminist Theory, Human Sexuality, Gender Identity Active feminist

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With Eyes Open : Framing Teen Pregnancy in the Media

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  1. With Eyes Open:Framing Teen Pregnancy in the Media Darragh Dandurand Friedman

  2. A bit about me… • Temple University – Undergraduate Junior • Fields of Study: • Media Literacy / Theory • Women’s Studies: Feminist Theory, Human Sexuality, Gender Identity • Active feminist • Love public speaking, chocolate, total cat person • Want to meet everyone on the planet

  3. A website devoted to deconstructing media and media culture around us • An academic project and personal pursuit • Some previous media reviews: • The Princess & the Frog • Saturday Night Fever • Brave

  4. ABC news – teen pregnancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LblGAs2fFrA

  5. Workshop Itinerary • Reflections of Womanhood, Pregnancy & Youth • Understanding Media • Literacy • Media & Body • Deconstructions & Conversations • What is Feminism?

  6. What does it mean to be a… • woman? • pregnant woman? • teenager? • mother? • sexy? • loved? • respected? • successful? • famous?

  7. What does it mean to be… Normal? We’ll come back to this…

  8. Media is…  Digital  Academic  Video Games  Mobile  Social Networking  Magazines  Internet Music  Books  Music Videos  Clothing  Commercials  Television  Advertisements 

  9. Media LiteracyDefinition • What is “literacy?” • What is “media literacy?” (or ML) • authorship & critical consumptionof media • Key Concepts: • Communication • Media • Analysis • Literacy • Art

  10. EmbracingTechnologyInEducation.wikispaces.com - http://embracingtechnologyineducation.wikispaces.com/Internet+Safety+%26+Media+Literacy

  11. Media LiteracySignificance • Helps to define ideas of: • Normality • Body Image • Cultural Expectations • Success • Truth • Politics • Branding / Advertising • Representation • Gender & Sexuality • Violence

  12. Media Literacy Affects/Effects • “Spheres of Influence” • Child: Family, Media • Tween: Family, Media, Peers • Teenager: “Super Peer” Media, Peers • Young Adult: Media, Peers, Politics • Adult: Media, Peers, Politics, Finances

  13. Media Literacy Framing Sense of Normality & Reality Media Society Conforms Controls Defines

  14. The Funnel of Dramatized Reality Sexual Behavior, Scripts & Agendas Media Messages, Conglomerates & Power Young, Gender-Socialized Female Demographic (women) “Commercial Realism” Goffman, Erving. Gender Advertisements. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Print.

  15. Media LiteracyPurpose • Being critical of the world and how it is presented through media in order to comment on and improve it • Helping to filter, construct, educate and investigate the trends and ideas perpetuated by media

  16. Media LiteracyConflict …Walking the Fine Line… • Can you still appreciate work while analyzing it? • Does everything need to be analyzed? • What is “art?” What is its deeper meaning? • Is “art” ever just “art?” Entertainment vs. Education Appreciation vs. Analysis Can something be entertaining and educational? When is media just entertainment? When is it more? Does education lose clarity and value if it is entertaining?

  17. Media Examples Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady GaGa

  18. Media Examples 16 & Pregnant

  19. Media Examples Teen Mom

  20. Media Examples The Secret Life of an American Teenager

  21. Pregnancy Fame • Kim & Kanye • The Pregnancy Pact • Jamie Lynn Spears • Bristol Palin

  22. What does it mean to be a… • woman? • pregnant woman? • teenager? • mother? • sexy? • loved? • respected? • successful? • famous?

  23. “Is The Media Glorifying Teen Pregnancy?”2010, PROWL Blog • “[Teen Mom] is the #2 most watched television series in MTV history, second only to The Jersey Shore. The show is reaching a huge audience, but not without controversy.” • “The stars of the show (“typical teen moms”) have been made into celebrities overnight and are now featured on dozens of magazine covers. Many people think MTV and the media are being extremely irresponsible by glamorizing teen pregnancy. Others think that the show sets a good example, showing the consequences of premarital sex. The debate goes back and forth, but with teen pregnancy on the rise in the United States, many want a clear answer about the impact of the media.” • “According to Family First Aid, the United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually. Thirty-four percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20, and eight in 10 of these pregnancies are unintended. The statistics are staggering, but with all of the sex displayed across televisions everywhere, why wouldn’t teenagers be influenced by it?”

  24. “MTV shows glorifying teen pregnancy?”The Massachusettes Daily Collegian, GEMMA SANTAMARIA, 2011 • “These recent breakout stars have taken over magazine covers, news stories, even Facebook and Twitter pages; they’re our new celebrities.” – “MTV shows glorifying teen pregnancy?” The Massachusettes Daily Collegian, GEMMA SANTAMARIA • “The premiere of “Teen Mom” in February of last year had 3.4 million viewers, most of which were assumingly teenage girls.” • “All the efforts made by the media trying to discourage girls from teen pregnancy and unprotected sex seem to be contradicted by these two successful series.”

  25. Juno – trailer dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKf0K3bxg

  26. Media LiteracyApplication • Begin the Conversation! Do others react in the same way that I do? What is the medium of the media? • What is the purpose of this piece? • What cultural context am I using it analyze it? • How does it make me feel? • How do I think it should make me feel? • What is the cultural context it was created in?

  27. Media LiteracyApplication • How to Deconstruct & Discuss: • Encourage yourself and others to push the boundaries of the messages they see in media by creating media of their own • Articulate how the media you consume makes you feel about how the world functions and why it functions the way it does • Never settle for ideas, images or messages you think are negative or wrong about people, places or things

  28. Conclusion • Have sex or do not have sex, but be SAFE, COMMUNICATE and do not be pressured by MEDIA • Be critical of MEDIA at all times, it can define you if you are not careful • Create the MEDIA you want to see! Be your own author! • Be proud that you are a WOMAN! Women are awewsome!

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